Pcn Pharmacy Technician

Morley And District Pcn; Ledston; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Morley and District Primary Care Network is recruiting a Pharmacy Technician to join our PCN Clinical Pharmacy Team. The role supports a growing multi-disciplinary group across seven practices in Morley and Leeds, focusing on medicines optimisation and patient care.

Ideal candidates will have post-registration experience within pharmacy sectors and be registered with the GPhC. You will work across Morley with potential care home settings, contributing to service development and continuous

Qualifications

• Essential professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Pharmaceutical Science or NVQ Level 3 Diploma in Pharmacy Service Skills or equivalent.
• Post-registration training in areas such as care homes or inhaler check training.

Responsibilities

• Handle prescription queries and medication related requests.
• Assist with repeat medication synchronisation and clinic workflows.
• Support audits and ensure safe prescribing in partner practices.
• Contribute to development of PCN pharmacy services across Morley.

Skills

Pharmacy teamwork

Clinical support

Interpersonal communication

Education

BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Pharmaceutical Science

Tools

GPhC registration

Job description

Job summary

Morley and District Primary Care Network are recruiting a Pharmacy Technician to join our PCN Clinical Pharmacy Team.

This is a new and exciting role, and will help shape and form the layout of our local healthcare offer in Morley, Leeds.

The suitable candidate should be passionate about making a difference in primary care and enjoy working as part of a multi-disciplinary team across services.

Duties will include dealing with prescription queries, synchronisation of repeat medications, processing discharge summaries/clinic letters, supporting project development of the services, undertaking clinical audits and promoting best prescribing practice within the surgeries where they are based. The post holder will work as part of a growing team of health care professionals across the seven practices in Morley and District to deliver health and medicines optimisation interventions at a neighbourhood population level.

Main duties of the job

The candidate will be expected to work with multiple teams and work on their own initiative at times, supporting the PCN Pharmacy Team and our member practices.

The candidate will be expected to take a lead role in supporting the PCN Pharmacy Team and our member practices.

The role will be based at a variety of locations across the Morley and District PCN area, plus some of the work may be based in Care Home settings over the next few years.

About us

We are a 6 practice PCN with approximately 65,000 patients. We are rapidly developing our multi-disciplinary workforce, embedding our roles, developing our team that makes a real difference to our patients and our practices.

Person Specification

Experience

• Minimum 2 years experience in a busy pharmacy setting
• Significant post-registration experience in any pharmacy sector e.g. hospital, community pharmacy or primary care
• working in primary care

Qualifications

Essential

• BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Pharmaceutical Science or NVQ Level 3 Diploma in Pharmacy Service Skills or equivalent with underpinning knowledge.
• Current registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Post-registration training in specific areas of pharmacy e.g. care homes, or clinical areas e.g. inhaler check training
• completed CPPE training

Additional information

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).